Easysoft Access ODBC Driver For Linux

Easysoft Access ODBC Driver connects 32-bit and 64-bit applications on Linux and Unix to Microsoft Access databases.

To ensure compatibility with databases created in as many versions of Access as possible, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports both the MDB and ACCDB database formats. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver can connect to .mdb databases created in Access 2000–2003 and Office Access 2007. The forthcoming release of Access, Office Access 2010, will continue to support .mdb format databases. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver can also connect to .accdb databases, which is the default format for databases created in Office Access 2007 and later. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver is a flexible, future-proof solution therefore, which will integrate Linux/Unix with whatever version of Access suits your organisation best.

The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver provides read-write access to Access databases, so your Linux/Unix applications can update as well as retrieve Access data. If you need to restrict users to read-only access, you can configure the driver to open the database in read-only mode, just as you can with the Access front-end application on Windows.

Choosing the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver to connect Linux/Unix with Access will not disrupt your existing Access solution’s environment or users. There is no software to install on your Windows machines. You do not need to change where your database file is located. The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver will load an Access database from a shared location such as a Windows or Samba share, so there is no need to copy the database file to your Linux/Unix machine. To ensure concurrent access to the database by Windows and Linux/Unix users is problem free, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver uses Access’ locking file mechanism. The driver will also prevent its users from opening a database if another user has the database opened for exclusive access, again mirroring the Access front-end’s behaviour for seamless integration.

The Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports encrypted/encoded .mdb files, which is an Access security feature that protects Access data from unauthorised viewing. When you use the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver to load a remote .mdb file, encrypting/encoding the database protects the privacy of the Access data as it is sent across the network.

To ensure compatibility with multiple Linux/Unix applications, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver supports the unixODBC driver manager. Most (if not all) Linux/Unix applications support unixODBC, which, as a mature, non-proprietary, robust driver manager, is part of the standard installation of many Linux distributions. To provide a self-contained solution, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver distribution itself includes the unixODBC driver manager. To get you going quickly, the Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver automatically installs itself into unixODBC, making the driver immediately available to your applications.